At the
end of every episode of
GI Joe, the
network would play on of the the famous
G.I. Joe Public Service Announcements. The best is probably the
Electrical Wire In The Road. They would always go something like this:
Kid1: "Hey lets do (something
stupid)!"
Kid2: "Are you sure that's a
good idea?"
Kid1: "What are you,
chicken?"
G.I. Joe Specialist: Something to the effect of "Kid, youre dumb. You almost just killed yourself."
Idiot kid who almost just killed himself: "Thanks.
Now I know."
G.I. Joe Soldier: "And
knowing is half the battle!"
Logo flashes,
G.I. Joe Theme Song: "G.I. Joe!!!"
I'm sure the
network required them do do these (very short) little
public service announcements at the end of every episode so that the show would have some
redeeming value after 30 minutes of nonstop
violence,
lasers and
explosions, where no one but
cobra robots were ever hit. (except in the
movie, where
Duke actually goes into a
COMA).
The
DVD for the G.I. Joe movie has 25 classic
Public service annoucements. I watched them all the other day.
Hilarious.